Every great house is full of saucy servants.

Every great house is full of saucy servants.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.

Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.

Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.

He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.

He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.

There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more

There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more

My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.